Sustainably Built Interior
Environments use Movable Walls in Portland and throughout
Oregon

Our home in the Pacific Northwest is a ground
zero for new ways of thinking about sustainable living,
working and making things. We've seen the writing on the
wall, and it says this is important-now. That's why we've
instituted many practices to significantly improve the
sustainability of our company. This means a lot of things:
giving back to our community; providing our employees with a
good living and professional fulfillment; reducing the
carbon footprint of our own operation (30% in just one
year); and staying abreast of and representing the latest in
environmentally friendly product designs such as movable
walls. Portland & Oregon businesses are collaborating on
making this change happen. Just think, using a full modular
build out on an 18,000 s.f. space, you can eliminate 2,908
lbs of drywall from going to the landfill from initial build
out. After the lease expires you eliminate 21,810 lbs of
drywall from going to the landfill. This is sustainability.
We believe a sustainable workspace solution should mean more
than just recycled materials. It should reduce operating
cost, support the people in the space, and eliminate waste.
We support this by offering modular/reusable furniture,
walls, floors and power. The logical approach is a holistic
interior solution that can change with a customer,
eliminating any waste to a landfill. In this vein, Knoll and
DIRTT Environmental Solutions continue to lead the industry.
Our commitment is practiced in several other ways:

We’ve even documented our own carbon footprint so we have a
baseline from which we can constantly strive to improve.

Design Approaches:

Our LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design)
accredited professionals use the latest research on the
workspace and bring ideas and solutions to our customers. We
encourage the use of modularity to eliminate any waste due
to reconfiguration and the build-out of spaces. For example,
by installing movable walls, Portland businesses and those
throughout Oregon can easily modify their space, or add
power and data anytime, anywhere, with people working in the
space. No drywall dust or paint fumes to create a toxic
environment. When we can, we encourage designing for
daylight and views to connect people to the outdoors. To
support the goal of a smaller real estate footprint we use
the latest product designs to provide smaller workspaces
increasing efficiency. In our planning process we use
electronic tools to eliminate paper and transportation for
meetings. With use of video-teleconferencing and web
browsers we can bring the meeting to our customers anywhere.

Installation:

Eliminating wasteful packaging is key, along with
installing during daylight hours are a couple of ways to
drive a sustainable installation. Working with our clients
prior to installation we encourage recycling of any old
furniture product, and assist them with the removal,
recycling, or repurposing of existing "stuff". We try to
make it easy to be green in every way. Whether it is blanket
wrapping products or reducing your time to build out by
installing movable walls, Portland and Oregon can depend on
us to provide progressive solutions for the built
environment.

We also have many manufacturing partners that are
committed to sustainable
practices and furniture design/manufacturing. Included are: